WebP Convert

Convert JPEG & PNG to WebP with PHP

This library enables you to do webp conversion with PHP using cwebp, gd, imagick, ewww cloud converter or the open source wpc cloud converter. It also allows you to try a whole stack – useful if you do not have control over the environment, and simply want the library to do everything it can to convert the image to webp.

In addition to converting, the library also has a method for serving converted images, and we have instructions here on how to set up a solution for automatically serving webp images to browsers that supports webp.

Installation

Require the library with Composer, like this:

composer require rosell-dk/webp-convert

Converting images

To convert an image, using a stack of converters, use the WebPConvert::convert method. It is documented in docs/api/convert.md.

Here is an example:

<?php

// Initialise your autoloader (this example is using Composer)
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use WebPConvert\WebPConvert;

$source = __DIR__ . '/logo.jpg';
$destination = __DIR__ . '/logo.jpg.webp';

$success = WebPConvert::convert($source, $destination, [
    // It is not required that you set any options - all have sensible defaults.
    // We set some, for the sake of the example.
    'quality' => 'auto',
    'max-quality' => 80,
    'converters' => ['cwebp', 'gd', 'imagick', 'wpc', 'ewww'],  // Specify conversion methods to use, and their order

    'converter-options' => [
        'ewww' => [
            'key' => 'your-api-key-here'
        ],
        'wpc' => [
            'api-version' => 1,
            'url' => 'https://example.com/wpc.php',
            'api-key' => 'my dog is white'
        ]
    ]

    // more options available! - see the api
]);

To convert using a specific conversion method, simply set the converters option so it only has that method.

The conversion methods (aka "converters") are documented here: docs/converters.md.

Serving converted images

The convertAndServe method tries to serve a converted image. If there already is an image at the destination, it will take that, unless the original is newer or smaller. If the method cannot serve a converted image, it will serve original image, a 404, or whatever the 'fail' option is set to - and return false. It also adds a X-WebP-Convert-Status header, which allows you to inspect what happened.

Example:

<?php
$success = WebPConvert::convertAndServe($source, $destination, [
    'fail' => 'original',     // If failure, serve the original image (source).
    //'fail' => '404',        // If failure, respond with 404.
    //'show-report' => true,  // Generates a report instead of serving an image

    // Besides the specific options for convertAndServe(), you can also use the options for convert()
]);

To see all options, look at the API: docs/api/convert-and-serve.md

WebP on demand

The library can be used to create a WebP On Demand solution, which automatically serves WebP images instead of jpeg/pngs for browsers that supports WebP. To set this up, follow what's described in this tutorial.

WebP Convert in the wild

WebP Convert is used in the following projects:

webp-express

Wordpress integration

webp-convert-cloud-service

A cloud service based on WebPConvert

kirby-webp

Kirby CMS integration

Supporting WebP Convert

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